NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 Take stock? 9 Undergoes downsizing 14 By hand 15 Small parlor piece 16 Leave basically nothing to chance 17 Household 18 Walkman insert 19 Martian feature 20 Support in a confessional 21 Caribbean island that Columbus visited in 1493 22 Pollen repositories 23 Foamy drink 25 Cicero’s longtime servant and scribe 26 ___ boy 27 English county whose seat is Exeter 28 Flatten 32 Just make (out) 33 Breaking of a mirror and others 34 Young studs? 35 Slow-burning firewood 37 Nonprofit Broadway production grp. 38 TV character who said “Help always come when people fight for right” 39 Raid target 43 Character in Uncle Remus tales 45 Comment often preceding “Let’s” 47 Gail ___, inventor of condensed milk 48 Emphatic agreement 49 Start a bank, say 50 Other than the Nationals, only current Major League Baseball team never to have played in a World Series 51 Turned to anarchy 52 Conservationist’s field? 53 Has the gall 54 Under the gun

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1 Lab wear 2 Premium cigar 3 “Hold it!” 4 Compact containers 5 Big flap in the fashion industry 6 Threat from a rat 7 U.S.P.S. option advertised with the slogan “If it fits, it ships” 8 Northumberland river 9 Jot 10 Entry in a legislative appropriations bill 11 Idle 12 Archenemy of Optimus Prime in “Transformers” movies 13 Members of blended families 15 Hit hard 21 Not going by the book? 24 Occupied 26 Sighs of relief 27 “Why did I do that?!” 28 Blade holder 29 Only African capital named after a U.S. president 30 Intentionally hidden 31 Enterprise standard 36 Device used to detect radio waves 38 Not flabby 39 2013 “Cars” spinoff 40 Popular arts-and-crafts brand 41 Take a sudden turn 42 Prepared for impact 44 Grand affairs 46 Black jellybean flavorer 48 Hookups at a gig